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izanaki_misa
13 July 2009 @ 09:20 am
Update...  
Still alive, though I am a little sleepy. I've been meaning to update sooner but I've been distracted by WoW and writing. I had three stories to do in the last month or so and one more to get done by Sept. 1. Two of those are done and one is in progress, so everything should work out. Hopefully.

In World of Warcrack... I mean Warcraft news, I did my first 10 man raid with our guild on friday. It was Obsidian Sanctum and I only got hit by the lava wall twice...out of three times, but at least I didn't die. I'm also trying out a new attack rotation. It's alot more complicated then my old one (I have to keep track of four or five different things as opposed to hitting two buttons constantly.) but I hit harder... I think. 

I also have a new layout for my lj thanks to  [info]pegasus . Yay catboys! 

That's it for now. Hopefully there won't be another three weeks between posts. 
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izanaki_misa
17 June 2009 @ 08:59 am
New Release!  

Hey All,

I have a new story out today. It's called 'Running Wild' and is part of the K-9 taste test. Hot werewolves anyone?

Here's the blurb: 

Fen is worried that he's lost Loki forever when he finally finds his lover at the pound. Loki needs more than the city life that Fen is so accustomed to, and Fen needs to find a way to give it to him before it's too late.

Fen's human-born and a self proclaimed city boy while Loki is wolf-born and prefers the woods to the city. They love each other but is that enough?

Buy it here: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2022

I'm also up on the GLBT Bookshelf. Well, mostly up. I'm still working on getting all my stories linked properly.

 
 
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izanaki_misa
12 June 2009 @ 03:57 pm
What does my gut know about movies anyway pt. 2  
So we went to see the new Star Trek movie...and well, I should have listened to my gut.

I will say this much, Carl Urban as Dr. McCoy was awsome and the guy playing Spock was pretty good too. Too bad they couldn't make up for the bad writing. Sure the special effects were shiny and the ships were all sparkly and new (unless you went down to the engine room which looked like some sort of industrial factory or set from some cheesy post-apocolyptic movie) but there were a lot of things that just didn't make any sense...even if you aren't a trek fan.

Nero (the bad guy) was one dementional added nothing to the movie and Kirk was beyond obnoxious and there were plot holes big enough to fly shuttlecraft through. It was kind of funny though, that the had to at some point in the movie make it very clear that they were in an alternate universe and that they didn't just alter the time line. Was that supposed to make people feel better about what they were watching? It didn't make me feel better... but that's just me.

I'm just happy that the hubby's head didn't explode during the movie. 
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izanaki_misa
09 June 2009 @ 01:54 pm
Yes, I'd like a little urban with my fantasy...  
One of my favorite genres to write in is urban fantasy. There is something really cool setting fantasy type characters in the urban sprawl of a big city or mixing magic with tech. Well, that and I have a thing for elves...and I really like the idea of a hot elf guy in a business suit or better yet, tight jeans and a t-shirt. *sigh* Besides that though, my muses are creatures of comfort and like having things like hot showers and flush toilets.

Everytime I even think about writing something not modern the boys pipe in asking about where they're going to the bathroom or showering, which can complicate things...

Anyone else like mixing genres? What do you like to read/write?
 
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izanaki_misa
20 May 2009 @ 09:49 am
What does my gut know about movies anyway?  

Just a random thought really. The new Star Trek movie came out a couple weeks ago and I've had this quandary ever since. I mean it can't be that bad right? It's been getting good reviews and a lot people seem to like it. Despite that, I can't shake the feeling that it's going to be bad and that I'm going to walk away from the theater annoyed and maybe even angry. Of course there's the other side to that, what if it's a really good movie and I'm just being weird and overly critical just because it's changing something I enjoyed.

I liked the original series, more so because of the social commentary that was present even if it was hidden special effects and somewhat cheesy aliens. I liked most of the movies, yes, even some of the odd number ones... (Star Trek the Motion Picture put me to sleep and Generations and Nemesis were the worst of the bunch along with Start Trek V.)  I was leery of Star Trek: Next Gen because it was a new crew and Deep Space 9 because the characters were on a space station instead of a ship but I liked both of them. Okay so the gut was wrong about about Next Gen and DS9 so it's possible that it could be wrong about the new movie, right?

I can always hope... though it's not looking good. I was already worried when I read that it was going to be a prequel featureing the characters from the original series. Then I read a synopsis for the plot and things started to go down hill from there. Firstly it's a reboot... Apparently JJ Abrams and his screenwriters didn't like the old Star Trek Universe and decided to throw out it the proverbial window and make one that they liked better. That seems like a 'screw you' to the last 30+ years of shows and movies and frankly I'm a little bitter.

I'm not against reboots... This one just doesn't sound very good.

Okay, now some people are saying that it's not a reboot but an alternate time-line/universe. Supposedly now there are two Star Trek universes; the one the new movie takes place in and the Star Trek Prime universe where everything else happens. I guess it's their way of saying, "Yeah, we're changing everything but it's okay 'cause the trek you know and love is still exists...we won't do anything with it but it's still there..."   And frankly that rubs me the wrong way too.

There's also the fact that the story doesn't sound very good and the fact that even people who liked the movie complained about bad writing. I'd get into that too, but I'll leave that to after I see it so I can judge it better.

So do I go with my gut feeling and not see it or do I go and hope to be proven wrong and ignore the screaming voice in my head that keeps telling me that it's all wrong and that it's not Trek? At least, if I go see it and hate it, I will be justified in my anger right?

That's what I keep telling myself... and the hubby who's pretty damned sure that the movie will blow.

 

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izanaki_misa
20 May 2009 @ 09:12 am
Curiosity in the Toybox:Biting antho  
New story out today! Curiosity is part of of the Toybox: Biting anthology. This one involves Kale, the owner and manager of The Body Shop and his lover and bartender Dante.  

Here's the blurb:

In Curiosity by Misa Izanaki, bartender Dante wants his half-vampire lover Kale to bite him. Kale is hesitant, afraid he'll go too far and hurt his sweet lover. But will refusing his lover this request do as much damage as granting it could? Jourdan Lane's offering, Clarity, brings us back to the world of Soul Mates. In this story Caleb's punishment is coming to an end and he is finally allowed to feed again. While he'd love to begin with master vampire Lucien, it is his lover Xander he turns to.

And finally, in Keifer and Me, Mike Shade brings us the reunion of Davey with his lover Kiefer after a year's separation. Keifer's promised him a homecoming Davey won't forget, but when Keifer starts talking about being a werewolf, Davey has to wonder if he's going to have to have Keifer committed. Who doesn't love it when the boys get a little toothy?

And a snippet:
( more with Kale and Dante )
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izanaki_misa
18 May 2009 @ 10:18 am
I has a website!  

Yup, there's a shiny new website up for me and the muses. Not everything's up yet, but it's getting there.

You can find it here:  http://izanaki-misa.com


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izanaki_misa
03 April 2009 @ 03:12 pm
Yay friday!!  
Can you tell I like weekends?

First a writing update... I have a new story coming out tomorrow through Torquere press as part of the arcana line (the author picks a tarot card and writes a story that deals with the meaning or imagery of said card).  I picked the six of swords and the story is called 'Ride the Tiger'.

In this one you get to meet Evan and Varian, two newbies to The Body Shop. Evan is Dante's twin brother and shows up at the club after getting beaten up by his abusive boyfriend. Varian is a weretiger and the newest bouncer at The Body Shop who also happens to have a protective streak a mile wide.

I like both characters a lot...then again, it's hard not to. I'd hate to think how things would be if I have people I didn't like poking at my brain.

I also have a story in the Biting Toybox which comes out next month. That one is with Kale and Dante and what happens when Dante tries to get Kale to indulge in his vampiric nature.

And thanks to a little coaxing, I'm working on something for a World of Warcraft writing contest.

I've been very good about this and my two main characters are not lovers and have not had sex...on paper at least. What ever they do in their free time is up to them. *sigh*

Besides the writing stuff, nothing is really going on. My druid is slowly making her way to lvl 80. Oh, and I'm learning how to drive. I know it's something I have to do but it's also kind of nervewracking... I'm not a big fan of other cars right now, but hopefully I'll get used to it...hopefully.

Is it time to go home yet?
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izanaki_misa
12 March 2009 @ 04:30 pm
Wow...really?  
Okay, I thought I'd stop lurking for a moment and actually post an update. I meant to do this sooner but kept getting distracted...

Anyway, on the writing front, I got two short stories done and submitted to Torquere press.  The first one is with Kale and Dante and the other is with two new werewolves that showed up in my head a couple weeks ago. I wasn't going to argue with the werewolves...especially since they showed up with names and everything. 

I'm also still working on my story with the cook and the shapeshifting dragon. That's going a little slower then I'd like but I'm determined to get it done by the end of the month. We'll see if that happens or not, though.

I'm also building a new army... this one's for Warhammer 40k. It's sci-fi and I have space elves. Big surprise. The eldar (space elves) are pretty cool and they have a really interesting if not depressing back story. If you want a sampling of the Eldar find the Dawn of War II trailer on Youtube.

It's not like I needed any more stuff to paint... but at least it'll be a break from my knights and maybe get me excited about painting again.

I'm also still not level 80 yet in WoW... I did finally get my penguin though. Yay!

Next post will be more interesting... or at least have pictures... or something.
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izanaki_misa
09 February 2009 @ 10:59 am
Geeky update... with pictures no less.  

I've been trying to get more writing done, emphasis on the trying part. I'm trying to get one story finished so I can start the werewolf one stewing in the back of my head. That one needs to be done by the end of the month so I can get it submitted in early march.

Unfortunately I'm also playing World of Warcraft and sometimes that gets in the way. I keep thinking that I'll just get on and do a couple quests and then go write for a bit. What happens instead is that I get caught up in stuff... sometimes I just need to see what happens at the end of a quest chain, or I just get distracted oogling at the dragons who happen to take the forms of really hot (and very tall) blood elves.

It's probably a good thing that my laptop can't run the game or I'd never get anything done.

Anyway, since I'm talking about WoW here I thought I'd share my characters. The first is Savarna my druid. She's a feral druid which means she spends most of her time in cat form or (reluctantly...) bear form (cat form hits harder damage wise and can sneak around but bear is tougher and can do damage to multiple enemies).

The second is Seregil, my death knight. I so needed a blood elf character. What can I say, the guys are really hot and they can have anime hair, which makes making characters very entertaining.

 I also have to say that the starter quests for death knights are really cool. Then again, I'm kind of partial to the whole anti-hero finding salvation thing. When you start a death knight your character is evil and in the service of Arthas who is the big bad guy in the current expansion but you break free of his control and become a hero.

 

Now the only trick is prying myself away from questing and actually trying to get something more productive done. *sigh*

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izanaki_misa
27 January 2009 @ 02:49 pm
Meh...  
I'm at work and not feeling the piles of paperwork on my desk right now so I thought I'd update. Yes, it's been a while and while the whole updating once a week thing sounded like a good idea at the time it's not working. I have a hard time posting unless something interesting is going on.

I guess I could always just ramble about WoW but I'm sure no one's really interested in my druid or the fact that she's lvl 74 or that she can make a gun that can turn people into chickens. Yes, chickens. I can also make exploding sheep but that's beside the point. 

This weekend I'm going to try and take pictures of some of some of my knights and get those posted. I've been saying that for a while now but I acutally know where the camera is right now so it might actually get done.

I'm writing too. I have a couple of new story ideas lurking at the bottom of my purse that will get worked on as soon as my current project gets done.

Okay, back to lurking for me.

 
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izanaki_misa
05 January 2009 @ 01:33 pm
Oops...  
So much for me updating every week... I got a little distracted by the holidays, okay, and World of Warcraft. There was lots of World of Warcraft going on during Christmas and New Years. Unfortunately that also means that I got nothing done on the story I was working on. Ooops... it probably a good thing that it's not due until May.

I really want to get that one done sooner then that though, so I can work on other stuff. Maybe I'll even work on something long... I don't know, yet. It seems that the muses are still recovering from the long weekends.  It's weird to only have two stories scheduled for release this year... especially considering I had 12 last year. I guess it's okay since it's still January, I just need to get my butt in gear and start writing again.

In case anyone's wondering, the first story should be out in April for the Arcana line from Torquere. I'm weirdly attached to this story since it involves Evan, my angsty muse and Varian, who's a were tiger.

The other story (which is still a work in progress) should be out in August and involves a cook and a shapeshifting dragon. It makes more sense in context... trust me.

Hmm, what else is going on? Um, I'm pondering a website, really behind in painting my warhammer army and I'm hosting the Torquere press LJ next week (wednesday Jan 14) and I have an ask the author day this friday on the Torquere social group.

I have no clue what I'm going to post about on my lj day but I'll figure something out. mwah ha ha... um yeah.

Something on a sadder note, the local comic and game store, that me and the hubby used to hang out at ,closed sunday. The shop had been around for 13 years and we spent a lot of time there playing games and hanging around with our friends. Hell, I worked there while I was in college and the hubby even proposed to me there. It was kind of romantic, in a geeky sort of way, and we'll miss the place.  

That's it for now. There will be another post next week even if it's just something short, random or both.
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izanaki_misa
15 December 2008 @ 10:49 am
Better then Filing...  
I've decided that I'm going to try my damnedest to post something on lj every week. It may be just random stuff going on in my head or  something with the muses or, like today, a list of things I need to remember...

Finish Christmas shopping... I need to buy stuff and get it mailed like tomorrow. Especially since most of the family lives in Hawaii... one of the two states that Priority mail usual 3-5 days is not guarenteed to (Yup, there and Alaska... *sigh*)

Find Christmas spirit... it might be under a rock or something. I'm just not feeling the season. Don't know why but I've just been kind of 'meh' about the whole thing. The only thing vaguely Christmas-y in the apartment right now is the Christmas pudding and that's only because the hubby really, really wanted to try it. I'm leery because is sounds suspiciously like fruitcake... either way, thank you to the BBC America catolog for having a ready made Christmas pudding that can be steamed or microwaved.

Write weresquirrel story... I have no idea what's going to happen yet but I feel the need to include a hot guy who happens to turn into a squirrel in a story...maybe he'll keep the awsome tail in both forms... and the love of nuts, but anyway...

Make cookies...now if I could only find the pieces to my cookie gun.

Get rid of cold... yeah, I'm tired of being leaky and having my head feel like an over-ripe pumkin.

And last but not least, push Christmas story... I have a new one coming out this week or next. It's called 'Tails and Teapots' and involved a bartender, a tanuki (shapeshifting raccoon dog from Japanese folktales) and of course The Body Shop.
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izanaki_misa
05 December 2008 @ 03:43 pm
Wheee!  
A bit of a writing update... I have a new Christmas sip coming out tomorrow called 'Last Minute Shopping'. Aoi and Aya are out finishing up their Christmas shopping and stop off at the sex shop to pick out a gift for Itsuki. Naturally, it's a naughty sip. Aoi, Aya and Itsuki are way better at being naughty then nice... well, Aoi and Itsuki at least.

Now I just have to figure out what to work on next... *sigh*
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izanaki_misa
01 December 2008 @ 09:38 am
Damn you Blizzard...  
I told myself I was going to stop doing this... ie the 'oops it's been a while' post, but that was before World of Warcraft started sucking all the time ouf of my day. *sigh* Yeah, I'm an addict...and now I'm an addict with an injury... I strained something in my hand probably from clicking one of the buttons on my mouse with my thumb too much.

The worse part is that my druid still leveling... *sigh* so close to level 68...

Besides my WoW addiction though, there are a few things going on. Thanksgiving was mellow and uneventful and me and the hubby still have lots of turkey left along with the turkey soup I made Saturday.

I also got to try out my Bretonian army for Warhammer Fantasy at full strength for the first time yesterday and they work pretty well. It also made me realize how many models I have to finish before the tournament we're going to in Feb. eep.

On the writing front, I have a few things brewing and two Christmas stories coming out this month. The first is a single shot called 'Tails and Teapots' which is about Frankie, one of the bartenders at the Body Shop, and the very unusual Christmas gift he gets from his mom who is wandering around Japan. The other is a sip called 'Last Minute Shopping' and that one involves Aoi and Aya who happen to be hunting for a 'fun' gift for Itsuki.

Looking back it's been a pretty prolific year for me, writing wise. I had eleven stories come out this year, thirteen if you count the two that'll be out for the holidays. That's pretty impressive for someone who used to have a hard time finishing things.  Hopefully I'll have even more stuff out next year *crosses fingers and glances at the muses* but we'll see how things go.

Definately need to thank my hubby for the periodic kick in the butt that I need to get writing instead of doing other stuff...like playing WoW.

anyway, back to pondering genetically engineered cat-boys for me...
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izanaki_misa
05 November 2008 @ 11:24 am
I don't get people sometimes...  

Okay, I rarely get political and I usually don't like to rant either (except for that one really crappy day at work...). Seriously, I think people have better things to do then listen to me complain... But, if I don't get some of this off my chest, my head's going to explode.
Anyway, ranting behind the cut.

( Sometimes people suck )

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izanaki_misa
30 October 2008 @ 09:27 am
Poking my head in for a moment...  
Yes, it's been a while since the last update... I've been meaning to write something up sooner but I've been a little distracted. *ahem* Damn, World of Warcraft...That, and sometimes I feel like nothing's going on, aside from the nasty cold I had last week. (I seriously doubt anyonee wants to hear about my druid and her ever growing menagiere of pets r my facination with blood elves...) *sigh* Yeah, that's how exciting my life is.

Anyway, first things first, writing update. I have a Halloween sip coming out tomorrow called 'Hungry Ghosts'.  The story doesnt' actually take place on Halloween but it still fits with the season.

Tatsu gets dragged along with his parents to Obon. Tatsu didn't really want to be there or dance for that matter but that all changes when he catches sight of Kage...

Obon is a Buddist festival for the dead...sort of. People make offerings for their dead relatives and sometimes for the hungry dead who have no one to pray or make offerings for them. It's kind of a party for the dead as well. The first dance of Obon is to welcome the dead to the party and the last is to send them back which is why many of the dances used for Obon aren't performed at any other time, at least that's what I've been told. There are also special offerings made for people who have died in the last year.

I grew up with all this but never reall thought about it. Then I had to go home because it was the first Obon after my dad died and well, me and the hubby had to be there. While we ate and watched the dancing, I started thinking about what other spirits could be lurking around and Tatsu's story came up.

I also have a Christmas One shot come out in December and that involves Frankie one of the bartenders at The Body Shop and a very unique Christmas gift from his mom. Dante and Aoi also make cameo apperences.

Back to WoW... I mean work... damn my brain.
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izanaki_misa
03 October 2008 @ 11:52 am
time for another snippet...  

This is from something I'm working on for the Arcana line. It'll be out in April 2009... and still has no title.

Meet Evan who is Dante's twin brother (they were seperated when they were little) and Varian the weretiger bouncer I mentioned earlier.

Evan's had a hard life and just got out of an abusive relationship so he's really shy around people. Varian's a weretiger and because he was born in tiger form and learned to shift late there's still a lot of tiger in his appereance, which makes most people...well, nervous.

This snippet is just after Varian and Evan's second meeting and after they were driven off the roof by the rain. At this point Evan thinks that Varian's extras are body mods like Dante's.

This is unedited so don't mind the goofs.

enjoy!

 ( All natural and all tiger...purrr )
 
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izanaki_misa
30 September 2008 @ 02:10 pm
Meh...  
I don't know how else to discribe it...

I had a good weekend, hung out with friends on Saturday and went to WeHo Book fair on sunday.

The book fair was lots of fun even though I was sort of working. I was at the Torquere Press book with Jay Lygon, Stephanie Vaughan, Zoe Nichols, Mel Spencer and Kara Larson. It was really cool to meet everyone, okay, I already new Kara...but it was neat to meet everyone else and to hang out at the booth. Everyone was very spiffy and we also saw some very cute puppies there too.

Of course monday rolled around and that 'meh' feeling started to set in.  It wasn't that bad yesterday, then again I was distracted by the Christmasy story I was working on and by World of Warcraft... Today the feeling is back and I have a feeling that it's not going away.

Maybe it's because my birthday is rolling around Saturday. That could be it. Birthdays do that to me sometimes...

Okay enough rambling... feel free to ignore the mopy bits of this post, they may be deleted later depending if I feel better or not.

Oh, and before I forget... I'll be hosting the Torquere press social LJ on friday (Oct 3). Come ask me or the muses questions. There will be snippets and other random things from my brain. Hopefully it will be interesting or at least entertaining.
 
 
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izanaki_misa
24 September 2008 @ 09:35 am
Woot!  

Writing update...mostly.

First thing is that I have a story in the new and shiny Flipped Fables Anthology which can be found here: http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1520  if you want a print copy and here:

http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1516 if you want it in e-book format.

My story is called 'Wild Fox Chase' and involves a kitsune named Kenji and his very human friend, Jake and is based around a Chinese fable called 'Ask a Fox for it's Skin'.

Jake is being forced to marry a girl he's never met and to make matters worse she wants a fox fur coat as a betrothal gift. Of course, he doesn't realize that the giant fox he's hunting through the wood is actually his best friend Kenji...

This one's also a sort of prequel to all the stories with Aoi, Itsuki and Aya since Kenji and Jake are Itsuki's fathers. Of course that's way later and after they hook up with Taki (Itsuki's mom). They all make an appearence in Between a Fox and a Hard Place 2: Geas. It doesn't really come up in the story, but that's how it worked out in my head.

I'm excited. Okay I'm always excited when I have a new story out, but there is something particularly spiffy about this one since it's the first story I've written for Torquere  that's actually out in print.
 
Don't get me wrong, I love e-books but there's something nice about holding a book in your hands, flipping pages, etc.

I also have a short story coming out in October as part of the Halloween Sip Blitz. More on that when I find out more info and when I actually remember the title...

There's also at least one Christmas story in the works maybe two if the muses cooperate and an Arcana that's coming out next April.
That one's mostly done. It just needs a bit of fixing before it gets submitted.

Oh, and before I forget, again. I'm hosting the Torquere social LJ next friday. There will be snippets and maybe a little intro to the muses or something to that effect.

I also maybe be lurking at the West Hollywood Book fair this sunday. Must remember to bring money... and get some sleep saturday night so I'm not cranky.
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